Three Dimensional Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging System with Image Reversal and Inversion
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsJanice Frisa, Karl Thiele, David Prater, Larry Lingnan Liu
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Abstract
A three dimensional ultrasonic imaging system acquires 3D image data from a volumetric region and processes the image data to produce a live 3D image of the volumetric region in a given orientation. A user control can be switched by a user to present the image in a different orientation if desired. Both the anatomy in the 3D image and the image format can be inverted, and the left-right appearance of the 3D image can be reversed with a corresponding front-back reversal of the anatomy.
Claims15
An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system for three dimensional imaging comprising:
- a matrix array transducer which is operable to scan electronically steerable beams over a volumetric region of a body;
- an image processor coupled to the matrix array transducer for producing live 3D images of the volumetric region;
- a display coupled to the image processor which displays a live 3D image;
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- a user control, coupled to the image processor, and operable by a user to invert the live 3D image on the display.
A method for changing the orientation of a live 3D ultrasound image comprising:
- acquiring a live 3D ultrasound image with a matrix array transducer;
- displaying the live 3D image in a given orientation on a display;
- actuating a user control to invert the live 3D image on the display;
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- displaying the live 3D image on the display in an orientation which is inverted with respect to the given orientation.
An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system for three dimensional imaging comprising:
- a matrix array transducer which is operable to scan electronically steerable beams over a volumetric region of a body and receive scanlines in response to the beam scanning;
- a volume rendering image processor coupled to the matrix array transducer which processes received scanlines in a given order to produce live 3D images of the volumetric region in a given orientation;
- a display coupled to the image processor which displays the live 3D images;
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- a user control, coupled to the volume rendering image processor, and operable by a user to cause the received scanlines to be processed in a reversal of the given order,
- wherein actuation of the user control causes the live 3D images on the display appear in an inverted orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.